Pool Days have begun!

Our swimming days began on Sunday as it was close to 90 degrees all day, Allison and I ventured over to Grandma and Grandpa Palmer's house to take a dip in the pool. It was quite a shock getting into the pool, but quickly (but not quick enough) became use to the chilly water......plus it felt good as the sun beat down upon us!

Allison enjoyed throwing diving sticks and rings into the pool for her Aunt Sydney to retrieve and also enjoyed splashing in her little wading pool off to the side of the big pool.

It seemed as though no one thought to put sunblock on until it was too late....we all ended up quite red...except for Allison....as she was all lathered up with the 60 spf about every 45 minutes!!! SHe did however get a little red on her scalp as she hates wearing her ball cap!

Looking forward to many more days in the sun and water! It has begun....yes it has....so grab your beach towels and have a great time!!!

World's Of Fun!!!

Today, Allison and I headed to north Kansas City to World's of Fun with Chuck's step mom and sister. His sister, Sydney, is involved with a dance studio and they were performing this afternoon at "tivoli"

Allison met Snoopy and Lucy, from Charlie Brown. Our plans were to go to Camp Snoopy...Snoopyland, so Allison could ride a few rides, but by the time we arrived at that destination she was asleep in her stroller. Grandma stayed with Allison while I took Sydney on some big kid rides, then I ventured off to "The Patriot" which is a super awesome ride....went on it twice it was so fun, however, wasn't feeling the greatest after the 2nd time....as we had eaten a huge mid afternoon meal!! But luckily, I didn't have to visit the bathrooms for that!!!

We had a super exciting day, wish that Chuck could have been there with us (he was working) but was fun to just have a girls day!!!



Allison with her Aunt Sydney and Snoopy and Lucy

Update:.....It's been awhile!!! hehe

So....yea, it's been awhile....as I've seen it's been awhile since a few other bloggers have blogged!!!

Spring has finally arrived as the weather is now a lot warmer!!! We are suppose to reach the 90s this weekend, however, next week will be quite a rainy week I hear.

I have just a few updates:
The first one is about the baby cardinals.....unfortunately they didn't make it. We had some very strong winds the day before Mother's Day. The winds tossed the hanging basket around and it ended up crashing to the ground....woke up to 3 broken eggs and no mommy bird in sight. I guess there will always be next year. Since the incident I have only seen the male cardinal around just a few times....maybe I'll try to put out some more bird feed to get them to come back???

Allison is now a whopping 19 months old. She sure is growing, I think we are getting into the terrible twos a tad bit early! We are working on socializing with other kids and just starting the potty training business. It's hard to imagine that she'll be 2 this fall!!! Her favorite food continues to be spaghetti and meat sauce...I love it too, just not the mess afterwards!

Chuck told me I needed to blog about our flowers again this year! He planted about 12 pots of flowers for me a few weeks back for Mother's Day! They look gorgeous as you pull into our driveway! We finally got our solar lamps into the ground as well....they light up the flower bed just right!!!

Hmm...what else?!?! With the warm weather here, we pulled out Allisons new swimming pool and set it up last night. She sure enjoys it....she wanted to get into it last night even though the water was rather cold. We spent our afternoon outside, playing in the pool, the water was a lot warmer after sitting in the morning sun.

We are super excited to go to camp again this year! We are hoping that everyone can make it.....I know it will be a blast, especially with the tournament!!! I shall remember my video camera this year, just in case....someone does something crazy!!!

Okay, well there is our family update. Not sure how often I'll be blogging over the summer, with being outside with Allison and possibly taking up a few college courses. hopefully I'll drop a few updates here and there! Until then.....